Thalpophila digna Butler, 1881
Acronycta michael Oberthür, 1884
Sidemia hoenei Matsumura, 1926
Acronycta agnata Draudt, 1937
On the taxonomy of the genus Acronicta (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). IV. Acronicta digna species-complex
Volynkin, Anton V.
Matov, Alexej Yu.
Han, Hui-Lin
Zootaxa
2017
2017-11-06
4344
1
189
194
9NDH
(Butler, 1881)
Butler
1881
[151,645,1525,1551]
Insecta
Noctuidae
Acronicta
Animalia
Lepidoptera
0
189
Arthropoda
species
digna
Viminia
Thalpophila digna Butler, 1881, Transactionsof the Entomological. Society of London, 1881: 176 (Type-locality: Japan: Yokohama). = Acronycta michael Oberthür, 1884, Études d'entomologie 10: 18, pl. 2, fig. 13 ( Typelocality: [Russian Far East, Primorye reg.] Sidemi). = Sidemia hoenei Matsumura, 1926, Insecta Matsumurana 1: 55, pl. 1, fig. 7 ( Typelocality: [ Japan] Honshu, Asama). = Acronycta agnata Draudt, 1937, Entomologische Rundschau 54(30–32): 397, Pl. IV, fig. 3d ( Typelocality: reported: " Inkleiner Anzahlvom Hoeng-Shan(Prov. Hunan), Anfang Mitte April 1935"), syn. rev.
Typematerial examined. Holotypeof Thalpophila digna( Fig. 4): ♂, handwritten label “ Japan, Yokohama, H. Piyer, 81–94” / handwritten label “ Thalpophila dignaButlerType” / printed label with QR-code "NHMUK010354632" / printed round white label with red ring "Type" (coll. NHMUK); syntypesof Acronycta michaelOberthür( Fig. 5): 8 ♂, printed label “Sidemi (Mantschourie), M. Jankowski 1882” / printed label “Typicum Specimen” / printed label “Ex Oberthür coll. Brit. Mus. 1927–3.” / handwritten label “ Acronycta michael Oberthür(Etud. d'Entomol. X liv. pl. II fig. 13)” (Coll. NHMUK); neotypefor Acronycta agnataDraudt( Figs. 6, 12), here designated: ♂, pink printed label “ Hoengshan, Prov. Hunan, 16.IX.1933. Höne” / White label “Genitalpräp. ZFMK-Nr. [printed] 1850[handwritten]” / white handwritten label “ agnata” (Coll. ZFMK). FIGURES 1–8. Acronictaspp.: adults. 1, A. metaxantha, ♂ syntype, W China (© NHMUK); 2, A. metaxantha, ♂, China, Shaanxi (ZISP); 3, A. metaxantha, ♂, China, Sichuan (CGH); 4, A. digna, holotype ♂, Japan, Yokohama (© NHMUK); 5, A. digna, syntype ♂ of Acronycta michael, Russian FarEast (© NHMUK); 6, A. digna, neotype ♂ of Acronycta agnata, China, Hunan (ZFMK); 7, A. digna, ♂, spring form, Russian Far East, Khabarovsk Reg. (ZISP); 8, A. lutea, ♂, Russian Far East, Khabarovsk Reg. (ZISP). FIGURES 9–14. Acronictaspp.: male genitalia. 9, A. digna, Japan, slide AV2286 Volynkin; 10, A. digna, Japan, slide AV2287 Volynkin; 11, A. digna, Russian FarEast, Amur Reg., slide AV1499 Volynkin; 12, A. digna, neotype of Acronycta agnata, China, Hunan, slide ZFMK Kononenko-1850; 13, A. metaxantha, China, slide HHL-3358 Han; 14, A. metaxantha, China, slide Acr-004 Han. FIGURES 15–19. Acronictaspp.: male aedeagus with diagnostic features marked (15, 16) and female genitalia (17–19). 15, A. digna, Japan, slide AV2286 Volynkin; 16, A. metaxantha, China, slide HHL-3358 Han; 17, A. digna, Japan, slide AV2288 Volynkin; 18, A. digna, Russian FarEast, Amur Reg., slide AV1500 Volynkin; 19, A. metaxantha, China, Sichuan, gen. prep. H.-L. Han. Other material examined: series of specimens of both sexes from Russian Far East ( Amur, Khabarovsk, Primorye Regions), North Korea, Japan(Honshu), China( Sichuan, Shaanxi, Hunan, Guangdong) (Colls. CAV, CGH, NEFU, NHMUK, NMNS, SZMN, ZFMK, ZISP). Taxonomic note. Draudt (1937)reported the typematerial of Acronycta agnata: "In kleiner Anzahl vom Hoeng- Shan (Prov. Hunan), Anfang Mitte April 1935.", but there are no specimens with date April 1935in ZFMKcollection. At the same time, the box with specimens determined as agnatain ZFMKcollection is supplemented with an additional label " Typeverloren" [ Typelost]. Obviously, the typesof Acronycta agnata, as well as the most part of the collection of M. Draudt, which was located in Darmstadt, Germany, have been destroyed during the Second World War. Because of A. dignaand its closest relative A. metaxanthahave overlapping geographic ranges in China, the neotypedesignation is necessary. Here we designate as a neotypethe topotype specimen from ZFMKcollection determined as agnata( Figs. 6, 12).
Distribution. East Siberia (Transbaikalia, Yakutia), Russian Far East ( Amur, Khabarovsk, Primorye Regions). Korea, Japan(Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu), China(eastern part of Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Henan, Shaanxi, Hunan, Hubei, Fujian, Sichuan, Taiwan)( Kononenko et al.1998; Chen 1999; Han & Kononenko 2010).
1699341410
[151,1282,1682,1704]
Japan
Honshu
Asama
0
189
1
holotype
1699341415
1935-04
Entomologische Rundschau & Pl. IV
In
Hoeng-Shan
Anzahl
0
189
1
Hunan
holotype
1699341411
[151,1436,1771,1794]
Yokohama, H
Japan
Japan
0
189
1
1
holotype
1699341418
[151,1435,1979,2002]
1933-09-16
Hoengshan
0
189
1
Hunan